Aslib Proceedings: Volume 18 Issue 9
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COMPUTER APPLICATIONS FOR PUBLIC LIBRARIES: Proceedings of a Working Conference Aslib, Tuesday, 21st June 1966
H. COBLANSOpening the conference, Mr Leslie Wilson, Director of Aslib, said that he did not often have the pleasure of welcoming to Aslib a party consisting either exclusively or…
WHAT The PUBLIC LIBRARIAN WANTS FROM COMPUTERS
G. JOHNSONIt is of course quite impossible for me to speak for all librarians on the subject of ‘What the public librarian wants from computers’, although I think I should not be far wrong…
BOOK ISSUE CONTROL BY COMPUTER WITHIN A LOCALLY INTEGRATED SYSTEM
W.R. MAIDMENTBefore we attempt to assess the merits of any book charging system, we have to be clear about what we regard as a merit. Ideas on this subject are by no means fixed, but have…
PROGRESS IN COMPUTER APPLICATIONS IN SOME BRITISH UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES
RICHARD T. KIMBERMr Maidment has been telling us about the use of a computer to control circulation routines in one public library system. Now I want to talk on a slightly more general level and…
The ROLE OF The BRITISH NATIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHY IN The APPLICATION OF COMPUTERS TO PUBLIC LIBRARY SYSTEMS
A.J. WELLSTwo papers this morning, both putting the public library point of view, have thrown doubt on the wisdom of using a central cataloguing agency, such as the British National…
ORGANIZATION AND PRACTICAL ASPECTS OF COMPUTER USE
H.J. DIVEI would like briefly to call to our minds one or two of the important practical features which concern us when we think about the use of computers in libraries. Perhaps, however…